Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived here on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next?

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Currently reading: I made a little headway with Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min but not much. I’ll be on this for a while, to be sure. I’m still getting used to the style, how it switches from first-person to third-person. I’m not sure I like it yet.
I’ve gotten to halfway through Midwives by Chris Bohjalian. I haven’t been reading as much before bed because I’m making sleep a priority and getting to bed earlier. It’s been great, but it is eating into reading a smidge.
I’m really liking Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor on audio. It’s getting really interesting and keeping me listening as long as possible through each workout. I might be on to a series I’ll finally finish!
Since News of the World by Paulette Jiles is so short, I’m making great progress with it. I should have this one wrapped up later this week at the latest!

Recently finished: I knew it was coming so no big surprise here: nothing new finished this week. I killed it in March so I’m not surprised with a small slow down. Though I do expect more books finished next week! Also no reviews this week. I’ll be back at them next week so don’t worry!

Reading Next: I’m still waiting for Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. I’m getting anxious since I’ll be ready to start it very soon. I’ve got my fingers crossed it comes in this week!

Leave a comment with your link and comment (if you’re so inclined). Take a look at the other participant links in the comments and look at what others are reading.

Interesting what you say about Becoming Madame Mao because I seem to notice changes from first-person to third-person, or vice versa much more than I used to and sometimes it does seem slightly intrusive to the reading experience. The same with switches from past to present tense, especially in books with multiple narrators which seem to be very popular with authors these days. I can’t remember which book now but I read one a while back that had sections set in the past that were in present tense and sections set in the present in past tense. Once I noticed it, it really bugged me!

YallFest is held every year in Charleston, SC – not sure if you are anywhere nearby, but it’s awesome. They have all these panels with authors and other book people (illustrators, publishing folks) plus lots of book signings. The best part – it’s all totally free (except for the money you might spend on books there – but you can bring your own copies for the authors to sign, you don’t have to buy them through the festival).

I always have a bit of trouble reading before bed. The other night I wound up falling asleep with all the lights on. I just get too tempted to put the book down for a second and rest my eyes–then that’s it for me. Have a good week!

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